iw - Man Page
show / manipulate wireless devices and their configuration
Examples (TL;DR)
- Scan for available wireless networks:
iw dev wlp scan - Join an open wireless network:
iw dev wlp connect SSID - Close the current connection:
iw dev wlp disconnect - Show information about the current connection:
iw dev wlp link - List all physical and logical wireless network interfaces:
iw dev - List all wireless capabilities for all physical hardware interfaces:
iw phy - List the kernel's current wireless regulatory domain information:
iw reg get - Display help for all commands:
iw help
Synopsis
iw [ Options ] { help [ command ] | Object Command }
Object := { dev | phy | reg }
Options
- --version
print version information and exit.
- --debug
enable netlink message debugging.
Iw - Command Syntax
Object
- dev <interface name>
- network interface.
- phy <phy name>
- wireless hardware device (by name).
- phy#<phy index>
- wireless hardware device (by index).
- reg
- regulatory agent.
Command
Specifies the action to perform on the object. The set of possible actions depends on the object type. iw help will print all supported commands, while iw help command will print the help for all matching commands.
See Also
ip(8), crda(8), regdbdump(8), regulatory.bin(5).
Referenced By
regulatory.bin(5), wavemon(1).
22 November 2020 Linux